Attachment for oil-founts.



F. H. KLOEPPER. ATTACHMENT FOR OIL FOUNTS.

APPLlcAloN FILED Dec. la. me.

Lm'gm Patented May 29, 1917.

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.FRED H. KLOEPPER, 0F LANCASTER, KANSAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR OIL-FUUNTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

Application led December 18, 1916. Serial No. 137,657.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED H. Knonrrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Atchison, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments -for Oil-Founts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for the oil fount or reservoir of oil cook stoves and the like and is directed more particularly to a device adapted for .association with the screw capor closure for the lilling opening of the fount, by which said closure may be conveniently removed and replaced and by which the fount may furthermore be readily carried, there being thus obviated the necessity for soiling the hands when removing, filling and replacing the fount upon the stove.

In oil founts of this character, there is embodied in the screw closure thereof, a spring pressed valve, the stem of which projects outwardly from the closure a sufficient distance to be operated by the stove when the fomit is positioned thereon, the valve being thus held in open position against the action of the spring.

As this construction of valve with but slight variation is common to oil founts of the character specified it is my purpose to utilize the spring and valve stem thereof to assist in maintaining the attachment in operative relation to the screw closure, it being thus possible to produce an article capable of general application while its construction will at the same time be rendered extremely simple and economical.

A further purpose of the present invention is to provide a combined handle and screw closure remover for oil founts which may be associated therewith without alteration of any character and which may be readily attached and detached as desired.

With the above and other objects of lsimilar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and fall* ing within the scope of the appended claims.

1n the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the attachment applied to an oil fount.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof showing the handle in position to be detached from the screw closure,

Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of thc attachment removed from the fount.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the attachment is designated generally ato and consists of a handle including convergent leg portions G and a connecting bight portion 7, the free ends of the leg portions being extended in spaced parallel relation ,and being similarly provided with bayonet slots 8 open ing through corresponding edges thereof.

Connecting as at 9 to the leg portions G in spaced substantially parallel relation to the bight 7 is a transverse brace bar 10, and arranged centrally of the bar and secured thereto by a rivet 11 or other suit able means is a cup shaped member 12, said member opening toward the free ends of the legs G and being adapted to a purpose which will hereinafter be explained. The attachment further consists of a split metal clamping ring lll, terminating at its ends in spaced apertured ears 15 through which is passed a clamping bolt 16, there being also struck outwardly from this ring at diametrically opposite points, trunnions 17 detachably engageable in the respective bayonet slots 8 above described.

Attention is now directed to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawing as illustrating the application of the attachment. 1n these iigures there is shown an oil fount 18 of con ventional type, provided with the usual filling neck 19 with which is engaged a screw closure 20, said closure being provided with an outlet opening 21 normally closed by a valve 22, the stem 23 of the valve projecting outwardly through said outlet opening and having engaged thereabout a coil spring 211 which serves to urge the valve to closed position.

In applying the attachment to the fount, the ring 14: is disposed-to encircle the closure 20 and is detachably clamped thereto by means of the bolt 16. This ring is designed to be permanently attached to the closure 20 and is in such position as to interfere in no way with the prescribed use of the fount.

lt is to be understood that the normal position of use of the fount is the reverse of that illustrated in Fig. 1, the neck thereof projecting into the supplemental reservoir (not shown) of the stove While the valve 22 is held in open position by engagement of the stem 23 with the bottom of the reservoir. At such times the handle portion ot the attachment is detached from the ring 14 and hung in some convenient locality either upon or adjacent the stove.

Thus when the oil in the fount shall have become exhausted, the same is lifted from the stove and inverted shown in F ig. 1, the handle portion ot the attachment being then operatively engaged with the closure EZ() by positioning` the cup 12 to receive the end of the stein 9.3, and pressing the same downwardly against the spring 24 until the trunnions 17 enter the bayonet slots 8 ater which the pressure is removed to permit the parts to assume the position illustrated in Fig. 1. lt will be evident that the handle is now securely held in an upright position on the closure 20 and that by rotating the same the latter' will be unscrewed from the neck 19. After filling the fomit, the closure is replaced and the tount lil-ted and carried through the medium of the handle back to the stove, after which the handle is disengaged from the closure as will be evident. By this ar 1anpement employment of the lingers to remove and replace the closure is obviated, and soiling of the hands accordingly prevented.

What claim is:

1. A combined carrier and Wrench for receptacles having threaded closures provided with a spring pressed valve including a stem projecting out rardly from the closure; consisting of a member forming a carrying handle and provided with means for detachable engagement with the threaded closure oll a receptacle, said member further havingl means to engage the stem of the valve in such manner that the spring thereof will maintain the member detachably applied to the closure.

Q. The combination with a threaded can closure4 having a valve provided with a spring forcing the valve outwardly to its seat, said valve being further provided with an outwardly projecting stem; of a combined carrier and Wrench for said closure comprising a bail forming a carrying handle and having legs provided with means for detachable engagement with the closure, said carrier further having means to engage the stem and compress the spring during the application and removal of the carrier to and from the closure.

ln testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

FRED H. KLOEPPER.

l/Vitnesses:

lvAN Con, T. B. SMITH, Jr.

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